Tag: e-paper
Papyr – a Nordic nRF52840 e-paper display board
Papyr is a Nordic nRF52840 epaper display that can be used for various low power wireless applications. It supports both BLE (BLE5, BLE Mesh) and 802.15.4 (Thread, Zigbee). The accompanying Android App will allow you to draw a shape or select and image and send it directly to the...
Continue ReadingUsing Waveshare 4.3″ E-paper Display with Arduino
Screen technologies have evolved over the years since the cathode ray tube was first demonstrated in 1897, we have moved from plasma to LCDs, followed by LEDs, OLEDs, and more recently e-paper which is what we will look into today. Electronic paper/e-paper displays are display devices...
Continue ReadingArduino E-Paper Display Review ( Waveshare 1.54″)
Our friends at educ8s.tv uploaded a new video. It's about Waveshare 1.54" e-paper display: Dear friends welcome to this Arduino E-Paper display tutorial. In this video, we are going use this small e-paper display with Arduino for the first time and talk about its advantages and...
Continue ReadingDetails of Waveshare e-paper displays
Erich Styger has a nice write-up on Waveshare e-paper displays: I have used E-Ink displays in projects three years ago, but from that time the technology has greatly evolved. That time displays were hard to get, expensive and difficult to use. Now things seem to change with e-ink...
Continue ReadingESP8266 based e-paper WiFi weather station
Erich Styger documented his experience building Daniel Eichhorn’s e-paper weather station with a custom enclosure: Using e-paper for a weather station is an ideal solution, as the data does not need to be updated often. By default, the station reaches out every 20 minutes for new...
Continue ReadingFlexible Smartwatch
A 2.5mm thick flexible smart watch with e-ink display, BT 4.0, and health sensors. by Nick Ames @ hackaday.io: This project aims to build a thin, flexible smartwatch. It's wrap-around display and touchscreen will allow it to display more data at a glance than current devices. Besides...
Continue ReadingE-paper Shield Kit for the Teensy
Jarek tipped us with his latest project, an E-paper screen shield kit for Teensy. He writes: E-paper screens have been hacked out of Kindles and store price tags for a while, but this is the first ( to my knowledge ) open-source project which offers a simple and cheap interface for...
Continue ReadingHow to use the 4.3′ E-Paper display with Arduino
educ8s.tv has uploaded another tutorial on how to use a e-paper display with Arduino. Source code is provided. Electronic paper and e-paper are display technologies that mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. Unlike conventional backlit flat panel displays that emit light,...
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